Ri Ho-jun
| File:Ri Ho-jun 1972.jpg Ri Ho-jun at the 1972 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1946 |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Medal record | |
| Ri Ho-jun | |
| Hangul | 리호준 |
|---|---|
| RR | Ri Hojun |
| MR | Ri Hojun |
Ri Ho-jun (Korean: 리호준, born 1 December 1946) is a North Korean retired sports shooter and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,[1] the country's first ever Olympic gold medal.[2] In August 1972 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[3] He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ri also taught shooting sports to North Korea's future leader, Kim Jong-il. Ri later became his closest bodyguard.[2]
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- North Korean male sport shooters
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Olympic shooters for North Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for North Korea
- Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Shooters at the 1974 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 1978 Asian Games
- People's Athletes
- Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea
- Asian Games shooters for North Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Bodyguards
- Asian Games gold medalists in shooting
- Asian Games silver medalists in shooting